U.S. patent number 11,300,838 [Application Number 16/952,054] was granted by the patent office on 2022-04-12 for transparent display.
This patent grant is currently assigned to InnoLux Corporation. The grantee listed for this patent is InnoLux Corporation. Invention is credited to Toshiya Inada, Satoru Takahashi, Masahiro Yoshiga.
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United States Patent |
11,300,838 |
Yoshiga , et al. |
April 12, 2022 |
Transparent display
Abstract
A transparent display device has a first substrate, a second
substrate, and a display medium disposed between the first
substrate and the second substrate. A pixel unit of the transparent
display includes a transparent region and a display region. In the
display region, a first reflective material is disposed between the
first substrate and the display medium, and a second reflective
material is disposed between the second substrate and the display
medium.
Inventors: |
Yoshiga; Masahiro (Miao-Li
County, TW), Takahashi; Satoru (Miao-Li County,
TW), Inada; Toshiya (Miao-Li County, TW) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
InnoLux Corporation |
Miao-Li County |
N/A |
TW |
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Assignee: |
InnoLux Corporation (Miao-Li
County, TW)
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Family
ID: |
81123870 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/952,054 |
Filed: |
November 18, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G02F
1/13439 (20130101); G02F 1/133553 (20130101); G02F
1/134309 (20130101); G02F 1/13471 (20130101); G02F
2203/01 (20130101); G02F 1/133342 (20210101) |
Current International
Class: |
G02F
1/1343 (20060101); G02F 1/1347 (20060101); G02F
1/1335 (20060101); G02F 1/1333 (20060101) |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Crockett; Ryan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Hsu; Winston
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A transparent display device comprising a plurality of pixel
units, wherein one of the plurality of pixel units having a
transparent region and a display region, and comprising: a first
transparent display panel comprising a first reflective material, a
first substrate and a second substrate; and a second transparent
display panel comprising a second reflective material, a third
substrate and a fourth substrate; wherein: the first transparent
display panel and the second transparent display panel are
overlapped; the second reflective material is disposed
corresponding to the first reflective material, and the first
reflective material and the second reflective material are disposed
in the display region; and the second substrate and the third
substrate are adjacently disposed, and the second substrate and the
third substrate are arranged between the first reflective material
and the second reflective material.
2. The transparent display device of claim 1, wherein the first
reflective material and the second reflective material comprise at
least one of Ag, Ag alloy, Al, and/or Al alloy.
3. The transparent display device of claim 1, wherein the first
transparent display panel further includes a first display medium
disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein the first reflective material is disposed between the first
display medium and the second substrate.
4. The transparent display device of claim 3, wherein the second
transparent display panel further includes a second display medium
disposed between the third substrate and the fourth substrate, and
the second reflective material is disposed between the second
display medium and the third substrate.
5. The transparent display device of claim 1, wherein the first
transparent display panel further includes a plurality of first
conductive lines, and the second transparent display panel further
includes a plurality of second conductive lines.
6. The transparent display device of claim 5, wherein at least a
portion of the first conductive lines are overlapped by at least a
portion of the first reflective material.
7. The transparent display device of claim 5, wherein in a top view
direction, at least one of the first conductive lines is not
parallel to at least one of the second conductive lines.
8. The transparent display device of claim 7, wherein the at least
one of the plurality of first conductive lines and the at least one
of the plurality of second conductive lines have an included angle,
and the included angle is greater than 4 degrees.
9. The transparent display device of claim 1, further comprising a
first color filter and a second color filter disposed in the
display region.
10. The transparent display device of claim 1, wherein the first
transparent display panel further includes an electrode disposed on
the third substrate, and the electrode extends from the display
region into the transparent area.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
1. Field of the Disclosure
This application relates to a transparent display, and more
specifically to a transparent display that provides readable
information for both front and rear side views.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The transparent displays show a visible image for both front side
and rear side views. However, when characters are displayed as
readable from the front side view, they are reversed and not easily
readable from the rear side view.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present disclosure provides a transparent display device
comprising a plurality of pixel units. One of the plurality of
pixel units (PX1) has a transparent region and a display region,
and comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, and a display
medium disposed between the first substrate and the second
substrate. A first reflective material is disposed in the display
region and is disposed between the first substrate and the display
medium. A second reflective material is disposed in the display
region and is disposed between the second substrate and the display
medium.
Another transparent display device having a first transparent
display panel and a second transparent display panel is also
disclosed, that further includes a pixel unit that comprises a
transparent region and a display region. The first transparent
display panel comprises a first reflective material, the second
transparent display panel comprises a second reflective material
disposed corresponding to the first reflective material, and the
first reflective material and the second reflective material are
disposed in the display region.
These and other objectives of the present disclosure will no doubt
become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading
the following detailed description of the embodiment that is
illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further
understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and
constitute a part of this specification. The accompanying drawings
illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the
description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
FIGS. 1A-1C illustrate three views of an embodiment of a
transparent display.
FIGS. 2A-2C illustrate a few variations of the embodiment of FIG.
1A.
FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate a variation of the embodiment of FIG. 1A-1C
that includes a color filter.
FIGS. 4A-4B illustrate further variations of the embodiment of FIG.
1A-1C.
FIG. 5 illustrates an additional variation of the embodiment of
FIG. 1B.
FIGS. 6A-6C illustrate another embodiment of a transparent
display.
FIGS. 7A-7C illustrate a variation of the embodiment of FIG. 6A-6C
that includes a color filter.
FIGS. 8A-8C illustrate another variation of the embodiment of FIG.
7A-7C.
FIGS. 9A-9B illustrate further variations of the embodiment of FIG.
7A-7C.
FIGS. 10A-10B illustrate additional variations of embodiment of
FIG. 6A-6C.
FIG. 11 illustrates a schematic diagram of a stack of two display
panels.
FIG. 12 illustrates a schematic diagram of the reflective material
and/or conductive lines.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Some words are used to refer to specific components in the whole
specification and the appended claims in this disclosure. A person
skilled in the art should understand that a display device
manufacturer might use different names to refer to the same
components. This specification is not intended to distinguish
components that have the same functions but different names. In
this specification and the claims, words such as "include",
"comprise", and "have" are open words, and should be interpreted as
"including, but not limited to".
The directional terms mentioned herein, like "above", "below",
"front", "back", "left", and "right", refer to the directions in
the accompanying drawings Therefore, the directional terms are only
used for illustration instead of limiting this disclosure. In the
accompanying drawings, common features of a method, a structure
and/or a material used in a specific embodiment are shown in the
drawings. However, these drawings should not be construed as
defining or limiting the scope or nature of these embodiments. For
example, the relative sizes, thicknesses and positions of films,
regions and/or structures may be reduced or enlarged for
clarity.
When a corresponding component such as a film or a region is
referred to as being "on another component", it may be directly on
the another component, or there may be other components between the
two components. In another aspect, when a component is referred to
as being "directly on another component", there is no component
between the two components. In addition, when a component is
referred to as being "on another component", the two components
have an up and down relationship in a top view. The component may
be located above or below the another component, and the up and
down relationship depends on the orientation of the device.
Ordinal numbers used in this specification and the claims, like
"first" and "second", are used to modify the components, and do not
imply or represent that the (or these) component (or components)
has (or have) any ordinal number, and do not indicate any order
between a component and another component, or an order in a
manufacturing method. These ordinal numbers are merely used to
clearly distinguish a component having a name with another
component having the same name. Different terms may be used in the
claims and the specification, so that a first component in the
specification may be a second component in the claims.
It should be noted that, in the following embodiments, the
technical features in several different embodiments may be
replaced, recombined, and mixed to complete other embodiments
without departing from the spirit of the disclosure.
In this application, a transparent display device may include
liquid crystal, organic light emitting diode (OLED), inorganic
light emitting diode, mini light emitting diode (Mini-LED), micro
light-emitting diodes (Micro-LED), quantum dot light-emitting diode
(QLED/QDLED), Electro-Phoretic, Fluorescence, Phosphor), other
suitable materials or combinations of the above materials, but the
present disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the
liquid crystal may include Polymer Network Liquid Crystal (PNLC) or
Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PNLC), but the present disclosure
is not limited thereto.
In addition, the appearance of the transparent display device may
be rectangular, circular, polygonal, a shape with curved edges, or
other suitable shapes. The transparent display device may further
include a driving system, a control system, a light source system,
a shelf system, etc., and peripheral systems to support the
transparent display device.
In the present disclosure, the transparent display device in
general comprises a permanent transparent region or a transparent
region under switching control. The permanent transparent region in
an embodiment may be transparent material. However, some materials
may have the non-transparent state but can be switched to
transparent state under control by applying a bias. In other words,
the disclosure may form the transparent region according to the
actual design. In some embodiments, the transparent region may
include or may not include an electrode. If the electrode is
included in the transparent region, it can be applied with an
operation voltage to be normally white, which is at the transparent
state.
The disclosure of embodiments is based on the drawings as an
example. However, the disclosures in the other embodiments and
drawings with the features described above may also fall into the
protection scope of the disclosure. In this application, a normally
transparent mode display is used to describe the disclosure, but
the application is not limited to this as the teachings herein may
be equally applied to a normally diffused mode display without
straying from the intended scope.
Please refer to FIG. 1A-1C. FIG. 1A is an example of front side
view of a first embodiment of the transparent display device 100
having a pixel unit of the transparent display device. In order to
clearly describe the structure, one pixel unit PX1 is shown as
FIGS. 1A-1C. In other embodiments, the transparent display device
100 may include a plurality of pixel units, but the disclosure is
not limited thereto. FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1A
along the line A->A'. FIG. 1C is a rear side view of the
transparent display device 100. FIG. 1A is the icon of FIG. 1B
viewed from left to right. FIG. 1C is the icon of FIG. 1B viewed
from right to left. As shown in the FIGS. 1A-1C, the pixel unit PX1
has a transparent region R1 and the display region R2. The display
region R2 may include a first region R21 and a second region R22.
In a front view, as shown in FIG. 1A, the first region R21 is
disposed between the transparent region R1 and the second region
R22. In the present disclosure, for example, the display region may
be used to display images. In the transparent region, for example,
the screen or objects on the other side can be seen from one side
of the transparent display device 100, but this is not limited
thereto.
In other embodiments, for example, a pixel unit PX1 can be roughly
defined as surrounded by two scan lines and two data lines. In some
embodiments, the two adjacent scan lines are two scan lines with
the same function, and there are no other scan lines with the same
function as the above-mentioned two scan lines between the two scan
lines with the same function. The data lines are two data lines
with the same function and there are no other data lines with the
same function as the above two data lines between the two data
lines, but the disclosure is not limited to this. In this
embodiment, a pixel unit may be a region surrounded by the lower
edge of a scan line, the lower edge of an adjacent scan line, the
left edge of a data line, and the left edge of an adjacent data
line. In other embodiments, one pixel unit may also be an region
surrounded by a center line extending along the X-axis direction of
a scan line, a center line extending along the X-axis direction of
adjacent scan L, a center line extending along the Y-axis direction
of a data line, and a center line of the adjacent data line
extending along the Y axis. In other embodiments, a pixel unit can
also be enclosed by the upper edge of the scan line, the upper edge
of the adjacent scan line, the right edge of the data line, and the
right edge of the adjacent data line. However, this disclosure is
not limited to this. The pixel unit may include a part of a
vertically stacked layer (or element) structure, for example, at
least a part of the substrate 101, a part of the substrate 102,
and/or a part of the display medium.
In FIG. 1A-1C, the transparent region R1 might be transparent,
while both of the first region R21 and the second region R22 are
active regions. In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 1B, the
pixel unit PX includes a substrate 101, a substrate 102, and the
display medium LC disposed between the substrate 101 and the
substrate 102. The material of the substrate 101 and the substrate
102 may be, for example, a flexible substrate, a rigid substrate,
or a combination thereof. For example, the material of the
substrate 101 and the substrate 102 may include plastic, glass,
quartz, sapphire, polycarbonate (PC), polyimide (PI), polyethylene
terephthalate (PET), other suitable transparent substrate
materials, or a combination of the foregoing, but this is not
limited thereto. In the present disclosure, other elements (for
example, transistor and/or conductive line, etc.) or layers may be
disposed on the substrate 101 which are not shown in the FIGs, but
this is not limited thereto. The above-mentioned substrate 101
and/or second substrate 102 may be the same substrate as the
substrates in other pixel units.
As shown in the A-A' cross-sectional view FIG. 1B, an electrode 111
and an electrode 112 are disposed on the substrate 101, and
disposed in the first region R21 and the second region R22
respectively. Furthermore, the electrode 111 and the electrode 112
are disposed between the substrate 101 and the display medium LC.
The electrode 111 and electrode 112 may be pixel electrodes. In the
display region R2, a reflective material 109 is disposed on the
electrode 111 and disposed between the substrate 101 and the
display medium LC. The reflective material 109 and the electrode
111 are at least partially overlapped in the normal direction of
the surface of the substrate 101 (for example, direction Z). The
electrode 111 and electrode 112 in each of the first region R21 and
the second region R22 may be controlled separately. The material of
the electrode 111 and the electrode 112 may include transparent
conductive material, for example, indium tin oxide, indium zinc
oxide, indium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, organic conductive
material, other suitable materials, or a combination of the above,
but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
A direction X, a direction Y and a direction Z is labeled in FIG.
1A-1C. The direction Z is perpendicular to the upper surface or the
lower surface of the substrate 101 or the substrate 102, the
direction X and the direction Y may be parallel to the upper
surface or the lower surface of the substrate 101 or the substrate
102. The direction Z may be perpendicular to the direction X and
the direction Y, and the direction X may be perpendicular to the
direction Y. In the following figures, the spatial relationship in
the structure may be described according to the direction X, the
direction Y and the direction Z.
Please continue to refer to FIG. 1B, an electrode 110 is disposed
on the substrate 102, and disposed in the first region R21 and the
second region R22. In the second region R22 of the display region
R2, a reflective material 108 is disposed on the electrode 110 and
disposed between the substrate 102 and the display medium LC.
Additionally, the reflective material 108 disposed in the second
region R22 which may not be overlapped with the reflective material
109 in the Z direction. Due to the reflective material 108 and the
reflective material 109, content and/or the image in the first
region is visible from the front side view as indicated by the
arrow 105, and content and/or the image in the second region R22 is
visible from the rear side view, indicated by the arrow 106, and
seen as correctly displayed from the front side view and the rear
side view. The reflective material 108 and the reflective material
109 may be a higher reflectance material and include Ag, Ag alloy,
Al, and/or Al alloy and so on, but not limited to this. In this
embodiment, FIGS. 1A and 1C only show the position of reflective
material 108 and the reflective material 109 and omit other
components.
FIGS. 2A-2C illustrate a few variations of the first embodiment
showing example divisions of at least one of pixel unit PX1 of the
transparent display device 100 when desired. FIGS. 2A-2C are
example front and/or rear display sides of the first embodiment of
the transparent display device. In detail, FIGS. 2A-2C show the
position of reflective material 108 and the reflective material 109
in one pixel unit PX1.
In the FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, the transparent area R1 may be divided
into 2 or more individual areas, for example, sub transparent
region R11 and the sub transparent region R12, such as having the
sub transparent region R12 separating the first region R21 and the
second region R22, or perhaps placed in the midst of the first
region R21 and the second region R22. In some embodiments, at least
one of the first region R21 and the second region R22 is divided
into two or more sub region, perhaps with an extending portion of
the transparent area R1 separating the at least one of the first
region R21 and the second region R22 as shown in FIG. 2C. Many
other arrangements are possible according to design considerations.
In detail, as shown in FIG. 2C, the reflective material 108_1 and
the reflective material 108_2 are disposed on the substrate 102 and
respectively disposed in the second sub region R22_1 and the second
sub region R22_2. The reflective material 109_1 and the reflective
material 109_2 are disposed on the substrate 101 and respectively
disposed in the first sub region R21_1 and the first sub region
R21_2, but not limited to this.
FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate a variation of the embodiment that includes
a color filter 115_1.about.115_3. FIG. 3A is an example front side
view of the embodiment of the pixel unit PX1 of the transparent
display device 100. In this embodiment, the pixel unit PX1 may
include three sub pixels SB (one sub pixel SB as shown by dotted
line). The structure of one sub pixel SB may be the same as the
pixel unit PX1 as shown in FIG. 1A. FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional
view of FIG. 3A along the line A->A'. FIG. 3C is a rear side
view of the pixel unit PX1 of the transparent display device 100.
FIG. 3A is the icon of FIG. 3B viewed from left to right. FIG. 3C
is the icon of FIG. 3B viewed from right to left.
The embodiment of FIG. 3A-3C may include a color filter
115_1.about.115_3, such as a Red-Green-Blue color filter, disposed
on the substrate 102 and disposed in both the first region R21 and
the second region R22. In addition, the color filter may be
disposed between the substrate 102 and the electrode 110 (or the
display medium LC). In detail, in this embodiment, the reflective
material 108 is disposed on the substrate 102, the electrode 110 is
disposed on the reflective material 108, and the color filter
115_1.about.115_3 is disposed between the reflective material 108
and the display medium LC, but is not limited to this structure. In
this manner, due to the arrangement of the reflective material 108,
the reflective material 109 and the color filter, color content
and/or the image seen as correctly displayed from the front side
view and the rear side view. In some embodiments, the color filters
115_1.about.115_3 may include other colors, and/or the color
filters 115_1.about.115_3 may have same color, but not limited to
this.
In some embodiments, the electrode 110 may be divided into three
sections respectively belong to each of the sub pixels SB. In
another embodiment, the electrode 110 may be a common electrode
overlapped with the first region R21 and second region R22 of the
one or more than one sub pixels SB, and may optionally extend into
other region of the transparent display device 100, but not limited
to this.
FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate cross-sectional views of variations of
the embodiment shown as the FIG. 1B. Please refer to the FIG. 4A,
the electrode 110 and/or the electrode 111 may extend from one or
both of the first region R21 and the second region R22 into the
transparent area R1 according to design considerations. In detail,
FIG. 4A shows that the electrode 111 extends into the transparent
region R1, and FIG. 4B shows that the electrode 110 extends into
the transparent area R1, but not limited to this. Therefore, the
electrode 111 is disposed in the first region R21 and the
transparent region R1.
In additional variations of the first embodiment of the FIG. 1B are
shown in FIG. 5, which is a cross-sectional view of the transparent
display device 100. The pixel unit PX1 of the transparent display
device 100 further comprises an electrode 113 and an electrode 114
that may be disposed in the transparent region R1. The electrode
113 and electrode 114 may be respectively disposed on the substrate
101 and the substrate 102. The material of the electrode here may
be the same or similar to the material of the aforementioned
electrode and will not be repeated again. In this embodiment, the
electrode 113, which is divided from the electrode 110, is disposed
on the substrate 102 and disposed in the transparent region R1. The
electrode 114, which is divided from the electrode 111, is disposed
on the substrate 101 and disposed in the transparent region R1.
Furthermore the electrode 113 is disposed between the substrate 102
and the display medium LC, and the electrode 114 is disposed
between the substrate 101 and the display medium LC.
In some embodiments, when the transparent region R1 is normally
transparent, 0V or the same voltage can be applied to both of the
electrode 113 and the electrode 114 in normally transparent mode.
Any other voltage may be applied to both of the electrode 113 and
the electrode 114 to make the transparent region R1 change to the
diffuse state. When the transparent region R1 is normally diffuse
mode, 0V or the same voltage can be applied to both of the
electrode 113 and the electrode 114 to make the transparent region
R1 in diffuse state. Any other voltage may be applied to both of
the electrode 113 and the electrode 114 in the transparent region
R1 to make the transparent region R1 change to the normally
transparent state.
FIGS. 6A-6C illustrate another embodiment of a transparent display
device 200. FIG. 6A is a front side view of the embodiment of the
transparent display device 200. FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view
of FIG. 6A along the line A->A'. FIG. 6C is a rear side view of
the transparent display device 200. FIG. 6A is the icon of FIG. 6B
viewed from left to right. FIG. 6C is the icon of FIG. 6B viewed
from right to left. In this embodiment, viewing directions are
indicated by the arrows 205 and 206.
Please refer to the FIG. 6B, in this embodiment, the transparent
display device 200 may include a first transparent display panel
200A and a second transparent display panel 200B overlapped with
the first transparent display panel 200A. The transparent display
device 200 includes a pixel unit PX2 that comprises a transparent
region R3 and a display region R4. In detail, the pixel unit PX2
includes the first transparent display panel 200A and the second
transparent display panel 200B which may be laminated together as
shown in FIGS. 6A-6C. In the present disclosure, the transparent
display device 200 may include a plurality of pixel units PX2, but
not limited to this. In other word, the pixel unit PX2 may comprise
a part of the first transparent display panel 200A and a part of
the second transparent display panel 200B, but not limited to
this.
The first transparent display panel 200A comprises a first
substrate 102a, a second substrate 101a, and a first reflective
material 108. The second transparent display panel 200B comprises a
third substrate 101b, a fourth substrate 102b, and a second
reflective material 109 disposed corresponding to the first
reflective material 108, and the first reflective material 108 and
the second reflective material 109 are disposed in the display
region R4. The second substrate 101a and the third substrate 101b
are adjacently disposed, and the second substrate 101a and the
third substrate 101b are arranged between the first reflective
material 108 and the second reflective material 109. The material
of the first reflective material 108 and the second reflective
material 109 may comprise Ag, Ag alloy, Al, and/or Al alloy, but
not limited to this.
The first transparent display panel 200A may include a first
display medium LC1 disposed between the first substrate 102a and
the second substrate 101a, wherein the first reflective material
108 is disposed between the first display medium LC1 and the second
substrate 101a. The second transparent display panel 200B may
include a second display medium LC2 disposed between the third
substrate 101b and the fourth substrate 102b, and the second
reflective material 109 is disposed between the second display
medium LC2 and the third substrate 101b.
As shown in the A-A' cross-sectional view FIG. 6B, an electrode
110a is disposed on the substrate 102a, an electrode 111a is
disposed on the substrate 101a, an electrode 111b is disposed on
the substrate 101b, and an electrode 110b is disposed on the
substrate 102b. The material of the electrode here may be the same
or similar to the material of the aforementioned electrode and will
not be repeated again.
FIGS. 7A-7C illustrate a variation of the embodiment of the FIGS.
6A-6C in that the transparent display device 200 further includes a
color filter CF 115a_1.about.115a_3, and a color filter
115b_1.about.115b_3 (similar to the color filter 115_1.about.115_3
in the first embodiment) in the display region R4 of each of first
transparent display panel 200A and second transparent display panel
200B.
FIG. 7A is an example front side view of an embodiment of the
transparent display device 200. FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view
of FIG. 7A along the line A->A'. FIG. 7C is a rear side view of
the transparent display device 200. FIG. 7A is the icon of FIG. 7B
viewed from left to right. FIG. 7C is the icon of FIG. 7B viewed
from right to left. The example may include a transparent region R3
and a display region R4.
In the first transparent display panel 200A, the color filter
115a_3 may be disposed between the substrate 102a and the electrode
110a on the substrate 102a. The first reflective material 108 may
be disposed on the electrode 111a on the substrate 101a. In the
second transparent display panel 200B, the color filter 115b_3 may
be disposed between the substrate 102b and the electrode 110b on
the substrate 102b. The second reflective material 109 may be
disposed on the electrode 111b on the substrate 101b.
FIGS. 8A-8C illustrate another variation of the embodiment of the
FIGS. 7A-7C. The transparent display device 200 of the present
embodiment is similar to that shown in FIGS. 7A-7C, except for the
following differences. In the present embodiment, the reflective
material 108 is disposed between the substrate 101a and the
electrode 111a. Further, the at least one of color filters
115a_1.about.115a_3 is disposed on the reflective material 108 and
disposed between the reflective material 108 and the electrode
111a. The reflective material 109 is disposed between the substrate
101b and the electrode 111b. Further, the at least one of color
filters 115b_1.about.115b_3 is disposed on the reflective material
109 and disposed between the reflective material 109 and the
electrode 111b. However, the present disclosure is not limited
thereto.
FIGS. 9A-9B illustrate further variations of the embodiment of the
FIG. 7B. Please refer to the FIG. 9A, the transparent display
device 200 of the present embodiment is similar to that shown in
FIG. 7B, except for the following differences. In the present
embodiment, the reflective material 109 is disposed between the
substrate 101b and the electrode 111b. Further, at least one of the
color filters 115b_1.about.115b_3 is disposed on substrate 101b and
disposed between the reflective material 109 and the electrode
111b. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
Please refer to the FIG. 9B, the transparent display device 200 of
the present embodiment is similar to that shown in FIG. 7B, except
for the following differences. In the present embodiment, the at
least one of color filters 115a_1.about.115a_3 is disposed on the
reflective material 108 and disposed between the reflective
material 108 and the electrode 111a. However, the present
disclosure is not limited thereto. The position of the color filter
and the reflective material can be set in a suitable position
according to actual design requirements; the present disclosure is
not limited thereto.
FIGS. 10A-10B illustrate another variation of the embodiment of the
FIG. 6B. Please refer to the FIG. 10A, the transparent display
device 200 of the present embodiment is similar to that shown in
FIG. 6B, except for the following differences. In the present
embodiment, the electrode 111a and/or the electrode 111b may extend
from the display region R4 into the transparent area R3 according
to design considerations, but not limited to this.
Please refer to the FIG. 10B, the transparent display device 200 of
the present embodiment is similar to that shown in FIG. 6B, except
for the following differences. In the present embodiment, the
electrode 110a and/or the electrode 110b may extend from the
display region R4 into the transparent area R3 according to design
considerations, but not limited to this.
Please refer to the FIG. 11 illustrates front side view of a stack
of two display panels of the FIG. 7B. In the left side of FIG. 11,
from a front side view of the first transparent display panel 200A
which can include a plurality of first conductive lines such as
gate lines GL1 and data lines DL1 formed as shown. The center image
shows a rear side view of the second transparent display panel 200B
which can include a plurality of second conductive lines such as
gate lines GL2 and data lines DL2 formed as shown. In the right
side of FIG. 11, the first transparent display panel 200A and the
second transparent display panel 200B are laminated together. In
detail, FIG. 11 shows that the transparent display panel 200
includes a plurality sub pixel unit SB. The display regions R4
(include the electrode 110a, electrode 111a color filter
115a_1.about.115a_3, and the reflective material 108) in the first
transparent display panel 200A are not parallel to the display
regions R4 in the second transparent display panel 200B when the
panels are laminated together. In addition, at least one of the
first conductive lines, such as data lines DL1 or gate lines GL1,
in the first transparent display panel 200A is not parallel to the
at least one of the second conductive lines in the second
transparent display panel 200B when the panels are laminated
together. In some embodiment, any acute angle formed by at least
one of the plurality of the first conductive lines of the first
transparent display panel 200A and at least one of the plurality of
the second conductive lines of the second transparent display panel
200B could be greater than 4 degrees. Furthermore, in another
embodiment, the space or gap between two adjacent reflective
materials could be less than 10 um. Therefore, better display
quality can be achieved. FIG. 11 is only an example to aid in the
understanding of the disclosure and the application is not limited
to this.
FIG. 12 illustrates a schematic diagram of the reflective material
and/or conductive lines. As shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of gate
lines GL can be disposed in parallel with each other but at an
angle to the display. Reflective material 308 can be disposed on at
least a portion of the gate lines GL to prevent viewing of them. In
other words, at least a portion of the first conductive lines are
overlapped by at least a portion of the reflective material 308. In
FIG. 12, portions of the gate lines GL that are located behind the
reflective material 308 are illustrated as dashed lines.
In some embodiments, the reflective materials 308 are arranged in a
direction, which can be regarded as the extension direction of the
diagonal of an imaginary rectangle, the first side of the imaginary
rectangle extends in the x direction, and the second side extends
in the y direction. In some embodiments, the slope of the
reflective material 308 is less than pixel pitch y1/pixel pitch x1
or less than pixel pitch y1/sub pixel pitch x2 (wherein sub pixel
pitch x2 is less than pixel pitch y1). The pixel pitch x1 in this
embodiment can be defined as the minimum pitch of the same side of
the data lines DL of two adjacent sub pixels of the same color in
the above X direction. The sub pixel pitch x2 in this embodiment
can be defined as the minimum distance between the same side edges
of two adjacent data lines DL in the above X direction. The pixel
pitch y1 in this embodiment can be defined as along the y
direction, the distance between the same side edges of two adjacent
gate lines GL. Therefore, better display quality can be
achieved.
The embodiments and variations thereof described above solve the
prior art problems of reversed or difficult to read characters when
viewed from the rear of a transparent display as well as reducing
or eliminating moire when the teaching are employed in a double
panel transparent display.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous
modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made
while retaining the teachings of the disclosure. Accordingly, the
above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes
and bounds of the appended claims.
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